At a time when the pandemic has taken away the lives of many police officers and left their families in the lurch, the state police force went a step ahead and handed out job offers to the kin of those cops who died due to COVID-19 or some other illness and in accidents while on duty.

According to information received from the DG’s office, 256 appointment letters have already been issued. The family members of 83 policemen in Navi Mumbai have been given jobs in the force, the maximum in a particular area in the state. Apart from this, the kin of 74 cops in Thane city, 58 in Nagpur, 34 in Pune and 17 in Palghar have got jobs. The remaining appointment letters would be issued before March 15 this year.